Local & General

Chronicle (Levin), 27 January 1949, Page 4

Local & General

Garages For Teachers Notification that, as the Bnilding Controller had agreed to gra'nt permits, the Government" would provide finance for the erechcn of garages at teachers' residemes in rural districts where the ciraunstances warranted their provLion, was received from the D^partmcnt of Education at the month';/ m-et-ing of the Wanganui Education Board yesterday. More Emperor Moths The fact that the Australian gum emperor moth, until reoen y a confirmed inhabitant of the Wanganui district, may be beccming fairly firmly established in the Manawatu has been borne out I during recent weeks by the discov- ' ery of a number of specimons in the district, says the Manawatu Standard. Under the be'.ief that they are a new species, the finciens have submitted them to the Public Library for identificatien. The moth is easily reeognbab'e from its size (sometimes attaining a wingspan of five inches ) , and for ; the feathered appearance of its antennae. ! National Savings 1 Deposits and saies of boncls in the Palmerston North pcs.al cls-, trict were maintainecl at a high' ! level during the holiday period. Over a term of five weeks, invesfcments amounted to more ihun £25,000. Of this sum, £10,500 was invested at Palmerston North, while the more Succersful district offices were Dannevirke (£5500),Feilding (£60001, Levin ( £700 > . and Rongotea (£5001 . The.se rigures indicate the continued support accorded the National Savings Movement, while statasticai records reveal that investments made prr ihedium of the group saving sche. .? account for a steady aird everincreasing proportion of txie investments made each week.